Emnotweni Sun Hotel Nelspruit

... very<br>rare, a herd of tsessebe, just off the road. We followed this up with 3<br>hyena who came onto the road and offered a magnificent photo<br>opportunity with the rising sun. Next was a honey badger, who tried to<br>trick us by using a storm drain under the road to hide but eventually<br>showed himself and crossed the road in front of us. As the sun warmed<br>up the veld, one by one the usual suspects showed themselves including<br>a massive bull elephant at ...

... way to settle in, but after 2 days we felt we had to move on and tackled the public transport system for the first time - everything and everybody is transported by minibus here, which is loads of fun especially when you find yourself on a very full minibus on a very hot day with a very bog backpack on your knees :-) But we did get to where we wanted to go just fine - Malolotja National Park, on the border to South Africa. Here we spent 3 days ...

Berg en Daal Restcamp, Kruger, 20th September 2009<br><br>We were up early and ready to queue at the gate, and yes it was a big queue. We drove towards Lower Sabie Restcamp keeping on the tar road for most of the way. Paul was beginning to get a bit disappointed as he hadn't seen many big cats in Kruger, then as luck would have it Paul spotted a leopard in a tree quite a distance from the roadside. We managed to get some quite good ...

... before me. They called their bank and found out cash came out (around $250 CDN), so they cancelled their cards. I talked to CIBC a few days later to confirm that I was fine - lucky. Stayed at a funky backpackers called Nelspruit Backpackers. Pool tables, outdoor pool, bar all for less then $14 a night. Met a white south African who has came back from traveling up to Kenya (same route I was plan on doing). After exchanging travel stories and experiences the ...

... of the best parks we have been to anywhere.  We saw lots of game except the elusive leopard, even though this morning we awoke at 4:00 am to make the 4:30 am gate opening.  They do not move their clocks for daylight savings time, not sure why because it gets dark around 6:30 - 7:00 pm and light around 4:30 am.  We have been going to bed at around 8 or 9 and getting up pretty early. We are now in Barberton, just south of Kruger and we are hanging out whilst ...

... awesome as we all sit around the table and enjoy soup and traditional bush cooking. The 2 canadian ladies (Kim and Melissa?)are really nice, the older Canadian guy (Mr. John) is a bit odd but nice all the same, and Richard is priceless in his non-stop entertainment!! We make a campfire after dinner and sit around watching stars for a bit before ...

... River Canyon. In de Footprint lijkt het alsof alles kort bij elkaar ligt, maar als we van de ene naar de andere plaats rijden, blijkt dit toch anders te zijn! Kort wat we hier vandaag allemaal gezien hebben: * Bourke's Luck Potholes * The Three Rondavels / Northern Rock * God's Window * Wonder View * Berlin Falls * Lisbon Falls Het is vandaag geen volledig klare dag... Er zijn wat wolken aan de lucht, maar je kan ...

... was closed so there was no chance of getting a visa that day and we were not sure how expensive it would be, we had heard it could be up to $80. We did not know either if the embassy would be open on the next day either as it was New Years Eve. Some people said it would, others that it would not. We also discovered that the bus would probably not stop at the border long enough for us to get a visa, so we may well have had to make our own way ...

... wouldn't move. We decided to check on a trade, and so I returned to the rental counter. When I explained the problem, the entire staff was familiar with Chico and his brethren, and reacted knowingly. They explained that this was just Chico's genes, and described how to rectify things. Confident that all would be well, we headed on our way to Pretoria, where we would stay for the night. The drive was an experience, as I learned more interesting facts about Chico's temperament. For ...

... Zuma Zuma continued in the same vein. Unfortunately, we saw very few animals comparatively. Apparently, until 6 months ago, the lodge was a hunting property and the fear in the animals was apparent - also the lack of cooperation between the management of our lodge and the surrounding ones. There was a lion kill within 1km in on a neighboring lodge's property. But, due to sore relations between management/ ownership we were not allowed in to see it. What a pity. In the end of the big ...